Bracelet and lorgnette holder



1932- R. HANSKAT 1,874,984

BRACELET AND LORGNETTE HOLDER Filed NOV. 24, 1931 i4 I I INVENTOR 0320/26/03 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 30, 1932 warren, stares ROSE HANSKAT, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS BRACELET AND LORGNETTE HOLDER Application filedNovember 24, 1931. Serial No. 577,102.

This invention relates to bracelets and the general object of theinvention is to provide a bracelet having attached thereto a lorgnetteand more particularly to so form the bracelet that it constitutes aholder into which the lorgnette may be inserted when the lorgnette isout of use.

A still further object is to provide a bracelet carrying a springactuated reel on which 7 11; a chain is wound, the chain being in turnattached to the lorgnette and in this connection to so form the braceletthat the lorgnette when out of use may be inserted into the spacebetween the mount carried by the bracelet and 1.3 the wrist, if a mountis used.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure1 is a side elevation of a bracelet constructed in accordance with myinvention 2;; Figure 2 is a top plan View thereof, the lorgnette beingshown in dotted lines as be ing disposed beneath the mount carried bythe bracelet.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the bracelet in use.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that I have illustrated abracelet designated generally 10, the bracelet being formed in twosections, one of the sections 11 being.

. hinged at 12 to the body of the bracelet and the other having a snap13 of any suitable or ordinary construction whereby this section 11 isheld closed to complete the bracelet. This permits the section 11 to beopened, the wrist inserted and then the bracelet snapped closed. Mostbracelets have ornamental portions upon that portion of the braceletwhich is to face the exterior of the wrist and this ornamental portionin Figure 1 is generall designated 14. As illustrated, this ornamentalportion constitutes a mount for a watch 15, but I wish it to bedistinctly understood that a jewel or other ornamental article might bedisposed within this portion 14 which would constitute a mount for thisjewel and I do not wish to be limited to the placing of a watch in thisportion of the bracelet 'or even to the use of a particular mount.

The portion 14 of the bracelet which constitutes a mount for the watch15, it will be noted, is deflected from the circle or ellipse formed bythe body of the bracelet so that a space 16 is defined between the wristof the wearer and the inner face of this ornamental portion 14. Thisornamental portion 14 may, if desired, be extended longitudinally of thewearers wrist or at right angles to the plane of the bracelet itself, asshown in Figure I do not wish to be limited to this but by so extendingthis ornamental portion 14 transversely of the plane of the bracelet,the lorgnette shown in dotted lines in Figure 2 and designated 17 isentirely housed under the ornamental portion of the bracelet wheninserted in the space 16.

Attached to the bracelet at any suitable point but shown as mounted uponthe section 11 of the bracelet adjacent the hinge 12 is a small case orhousing 18 within which is disposed a. spring actuated reel 19. A finechain 20 is carried by this reel and this chain 20 is connected to thelorgnette. The reel case 18 and 19 does not in detail form part of myinvention as this reel may be an ordinary form of spring actuated reelsuch as is used for supporting eye glasses and the like wherein aratchet is used for the purpose of holding the reel from retractilemovement, but which ratchet may be released by pulling such chain topermit the reel to wind up the chain. Obviously the specific form ofreel forms no part of my invention. Obviously also I do not wish to beconsidered as being limited in any way to the character of the braceletas illustrative as this illustration is purely indicative of oneembodiment of my invention and the invention might be embodied in manydifferent forms.

The obvious advantage of this construction is that the lorgnette cannotbe lost, it being attached to the bracelet and that the chain of thelorgnette can be readily released to permit the chain to be withdrawninto the housing 18 and the lorgnette itself may be tucked into place inthe space 16 where it will be hidden from view and where it cannot catchon articles of clothing or be in the way.

I claim 1. A bracelet having a portion thereof outwardly bulged on itsinside face to form a space between theinside face of the bracelet 1 andthe wrist of the wearer within which a lorgnette may be disposed, alorgnette adapted to be inserted in said space, and aflexible connectionconnecting the lorgnette to the bracelet.

2. A bracelet having a'portion thereof outwardlybulged on its insideface to form a space between the inside face of the bracelet and thewrist of the wearer within which a lorgnette may be disposed, lorgnetteadapt,- ed to be inserted in said spacaa'spring'reel mounted upon thebracelet,-

azflexible con: nection carried by the reel and engaging the lorgnette.m I "i 1j 3. .-A bracelet of the character described having anornamental portion bulged but; ward' to provide a space between the'orna mentalportion and-the wrist of the wearer within which space alorgnettemay be disposed, a lorgnette disposable in said space, and achain connecting the lorgn'ette' to the bracelet. f 5 4.' A bracelethaving an ornamental portion, the inside face of which is" outwardly uld, t movie a, spa b twe n the mental portion and the wrist of the wearerWi hin, w i h an b e t ma b d ed, the ornamentalportion ofthebracelet'beingi extendedlat-er'ally with relation to theplane f the brwls 1 9 cov h bi et o i p s space, and an'object having a fl ezgible coectic U bracelet and designed to be '3;- A br c av ng an ornel lei ta PI an, the rw? f m o Wh Ch s u w rdly e:

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